Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Mould, fungus et al - modelled today by our lovely Miss Tomato. This bloody thing has been sat in my garage for the last 2 weeks stubbornly refusing to go mouldy. You keep them in the fridge and BAM they're mouldy before you can blink and when you want them to go bad, they don't!! So my vision of a totally mouldy tomato didn't materialise

Sunday, 26 September 2010

Funny, but most of the ideas I have for this theme appear to me by themselves. My subconscious is probably working away in the background analysing all my thoughts for ideas that might fit and then shouting 'Hey, how about this? - get your camera out!' These are my brother-in-law's extension plans ( I was helping him move his shed in preparation).

Monday, 20 September 2010

Parachute. If you think I'm going to unpack 180 sq ft of parachute on a rainy day just to take a photo for you, then think again!! :D So instead here is the toggle for the pilot chute (that's the little one that you pull out that opens the main canopy - hopefully). This little guy hasn't let me down yet!

Sunday, 19 September 2010

Feet (Don't worry - they have all just been washed!)
I've been away this weekend with friends and my initial idea was to get all 12 kids to show their feet and try to spell FEET with them, but as the ages ranged from 4 to 13 it was a nightmare, so I gave up and just used my kids when we got home

Saturday, 18 September 2010

Friday, 17 September 2010

Getting a bit more philosophical now.
Ideas is todays photo. I soldered the wires direct to the bulb and removed the mess in PS. DON'T try this at home! Do it at a friend's house then you can claim off their insurance :D
No, seriously my safety was the priority, so I got one of the kids to switch it on for me. What? It's ok, I've got another 3 kids in case it didn't go smoothly...

Wednesday, 15 September 2010

Half way through! Never thought I'd last this long to be honest
The Universe! (well, maybe not all of it)
We had a clear-ish sky last night (don't worry it was after midnight, so it's todays photo :D)
It was an educated guess about the rotation point, but at a cost to the composition (my neighbours might have wondered what the hell I was doing at 12.30am standing in their garden) It was a 15min-ish exposure (my battery wouldn't have lasted for the processing if I'd done it any longer)

Saturday, 11 September 2010

Fingernail
I'm afraid this is a quick one. Had to upload to a laptop that has no image editing, so Aviary came to the rescue!! Just ignore the blank bit at the side!! Didn't want to miss the deadline!! (Edited to add - proper image inserted now!)

Thursday, 2 September 2010

So...things that grow - the ironing pile!
When you have 4 kids the ironing pile is never depleted.
I intended to add fill light to lighten the front face more, but the battery died in my ebay trigger and I didn't have a spare (Strobist info - snooted flash above, 2 white reflectors to try to fill front 1/500s @ f22)